VOL. XVIII. (2) CLIMATE & TOPOGR.\PHY, CHELTENHAM 141 



There has not been much opportunity for skating during 

 these 21 years in Cheltenham. When ice covered the lakes 

 of such thickness as to be safe for the pastime, it has been 

 rare for the skating to extend beyond the third day, or at most 

 beyond the fourth, the thaw setting in to spoil the ice by that 

 time, or earlier. In several years the lake waters were not 

 covered with ice, or barely so, at any time of the winter. The 

 snow-fall in Cheltenham has also been very hght and evanescent 

 of duration. In one year of the 21, namely 1894-5, the wmter 

 was more severe, with longer frosts, especially in the first 

 quarter of 1895. 



The followng table gives the highest and lowest actual 

 shade temperatures upon any day of each year of the 21 years 

 1892-1912. " 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 



1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



July 3rd . 

 August 1 8th 

 July ist 

 June 25th . 

 July 20th . 

 July i6th . 

 September 8th 

 July 20th . 

 July 19th . 

 July 19th . 

 June28th, July 14th 

 June 27th . . j 



July loth, Aug. 3rd 

 July 8th . 

 September ist 

 July 19th . 

 July 3rd 

 August 1 2th 

 June 20th . 

 Sept. 8th,* Aug. 9th 

 July 15th .. 



Highest 

 Temperature 

 degrees F. 



87 

 83 

 84 

 86 

 86 

 86 

 86 

 90 

 89 



85 

 82 

 82 

 80 

 90 

 79 

 85 

 85 

 78 

 93 

 87 



February i8th 

 January 3rd 

 January 6th 

 February 9th 

 Feb. 1 9th Nov. 1 2th 

 Feb. i8th&24th 

 February 21st 

 December 15th 

 February 8th 

 February' 14th 

 December 7th 

 January 14th 

 March I2tli 

 January 27th 

 December 29th 

 January 25th 

 January 6th 

 March 3rd . 

 January 27th 

 February ist 

 February 3rd 



Lowest 

 Temperatiire 

 degrees F. 



9 

 12 

 14 



6-5 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 14 

 15 

 II 



13 

 18 



22 

 17 

 19 

 12 

 16 

 21 

 15 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



The Rainfall.— The RainfaU Measurement shows con- 

 siderable variation, and it sometimes happens that a run of 

 especiaUy dry or wet years vitiates the average unless a long 

 series of years be taken. Thus, whilst the normal rainfall is 

 found to be 27 inches per annum over the period of 35 years, 

 as given in the first table, for the 21 years 1892-1912, there 



